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*[[Wikipedia:Yukari Tamura|Yukari Tamura]]

*Hinata Honma (television drama)

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* [[Satoko Houjou]] (friend, housemate, clubmate)

*[[Ritsuka Furude]] (grandmother)

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{{nihongo|'''Rika Furude'''|古手 梨花|Furude Rika}} is a major character in {{higurashi}} and serves as the protagonist of {{minagoroshi}} and {{saikoroshi}}. Rika is the last surviving member of the Furude family and is revered by village elders in [[Hinamizawa]] as the reincarnation of [[Oyashiro]]. Rika plays a significant role in the research into [[Hinamizawa Syndrome]], as she is the "queen carrier" upon which all the Hinamizawa Syndrome parasites depend.

Rika is a daughter of the [[Furude family|Furude clan]], a special position that has designated her as both the "queen carrier" of [[Hinamizawa Syndrome]] and the reincarnation of [[Oyashiro]]. The village elders revere Rika due to her religious significance. Although Rika's status allows her to attend and participate in important village meetings, she is not required to attend due to her age. She voluntarily allows herself to be experimented on in the [[Irie Clinic]] in order to assist in the creation of a cure for [[Hinamizawa Syndrome]], as the "queen carrier" is important to Hinamizawa Syndrome research.

 

 

In June 1983, Miyo Takano kills Rika in order to cause the [[Great Hinamizawa Disaster]]. Upon her death, [[Hanyuu]] used her powers to take Rika back in time to a parallel world. Rika attempts to thwart Miyo's plans but fails, causing her death. Again, Hanyuu used her powers to take Rika back in time to a parallel world. This cycle repeated for the equivalent of over 100 years before the events of {{onikakushi}}.

Rika appears as a very young girl with purple eyes and long blue hair styled as a [[Wikipedia:Hime cut|hime cut]]. She is very small, slightly shorter than [[Satoko Houjou]]. At school, Rika wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a pink bow, a navy blue skirt, navy blue suspenders, and white socks. Her casual clothes consist of white sandals and a green sundress with a white bow. During the [[Watanagashi Festival]], Rika wears a traditional white and red [[Wikipedia:Miko|miko]] outfit.

 

While working at [[Angel Mort]], Rika wears a combination of the standard Angel Mort uniform and a [[Wikipedia:Sukumizu#Old_type|school swimsuit]].

Rika often seems wise beyond her years. In {{himatsubushi}}, Rika accurately predicts the deaths of several people including herself, to the bewilderment of [[Mamoru Akasaka]]. Outside of these moments, Rika has an overtly "cute" and childish personality, often saying nonsense words and making cat sounds. She typically refers to herself with the pronoun "boku" to enhance her "cute" mannerisms.

 

 

Rika is notably insecure about her adolescent body despite how long she has lived. The [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (manga)|manga]] often uses this as comic relief when Rika compares her own breast size to that of [[Miyo Takano]].

For the first few chapters of {{higurashi}}, Rika largely appears as a secondary character while [[Keiichi Maebara]] serves as the main character. As Rika's connection to [[the curse of Oyashiro]] is made more apparent, she becomes a significantly more important character.

=== Hinamizawa Bus Stop ===

=== Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei ===

Rika appears as a hidden antagonist in {{mei}}. She is a tsukuyami who had been masquerading as the original Rika for much of the story. She fuses with [[Hanyuu]] and becomes the boss of Chapter 8. This version of Rika has the power to rewrite people's memories and control villagers who are in the terminal stages of [[Hinamizawa Syndrome]]. This version of Rika retains the memories of original Rika and believes that she had been looping in Hinamizawa for 100 years until the events of ''Matsuribayashi-hen''. Several months after escaping the loops, her friends were slaughtered by monsters. Discouraged from attempting to jump fragments again, Rika sought to destroy the village herself rather than continue her suffering.

*Rika Furude is strongly connected to [[Frederica Bernkastel]], the mysterious writer of each poem opening ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni''.

**Frederica and Rika Furude share a similar appearance and name.

*Rika's favorite wine, as seen in the {{saikoroshi}} manga, is "Bernkasteler B...". The full name of the wine is probably "Bernkasteler Badstube", a riesling wine produced in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. Curiously, the label of the wine says "Riesling Spätlese" (late harvest riesling in German), and Riesling wines are white, however the wine that Rika drinks is red. There do exist red Riesling wines, but they were not commercially avaliable until 2006, well after when ''Higurashi'' takes place.

*Rika was [[BT|BT's]] favorite character. <ref name="acen" />

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*[[Frederica Bernkastel]]

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